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Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-25-2014, 11:32 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Ghost Orchid Corsage

We finally plucked the flower and my wife got to enjoy a possible first - a Ghost Orchid corsage!

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/ghostorchidpluck.jpg
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-14-2014, 02:58 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Missing critical step in growing Ghost Orchids

Want to be a success at growing ghost orchids? Here is the missing step:

Sometime ago the University of Florida reached out to me regarding the Ghost Orchid and isues with it's cultivation, which...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-10-2014, 04:00 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Slowly turning white

It has fully unfolded.

Now the green is vanishing more and more as it goes bone white.

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/10oct14ghosta.jpg
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Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-08-2014, 09:09 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Just opened up this morning. Once it has fully...

Just opened up this morning. Once it has fully unfolded and bone white I will slap up another another photo.

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/IMG_6681.jpg
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-06-2014, 07:32 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
A wedding gift

I started growing orchids about 3 years ago. Just over two years ago we wanted to travel to Florida and see the Ghost Orchid but could never get away. We were then engaged and I promised my to-be...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-06-2014, 04:44 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Final Pic before blooming

Here is the Ghost Orchid as of October 5, 2014. This is the last photo before blooming, so next Sunday it should be in full bloom.

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/IMG_6604.jpg
Forum: Advanced Discussion 09-28-2014, 04:28 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
28 September 2014 Ghost Orchid progress

7 days since last photo. The rate of growth is now accelerated. At this point smaller plants like mine will now cannibalize it's own roots to keep up with the required tissue growth in the buds. At...
Forum: Orchids in the Wild 09-23-2014, 05:42 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,698
Posted By aaronsaxton
Never seen in the wild

I have never seen a ghost orchid in the wild and hope to some day.

I grow them here in West Virginia and will have two blooms in about three weeks, but it would be great to hunt them out and find...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 09-20-2014, 01:34 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,902
Posted By aaronsaxton
New thread for ghost orchid bloom 2014

I started a new thread about the 2014 bloom but here is a pic of the buds, expecting the blooms on 17 October 2014 and 25 October 2014.
...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 09-20-2014, 12:30 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Buds forming

The ETA of the first flower is 17 October and the second flower around 25 October .
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/imagejpg1.jpg
Forum: Advanced Discussion 09-10-2014, 05:50 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Dendrophylax lindenii

The bud has started to form, it should be in bloom about October 20th.

I will activate the other flower spike to form a bud in about 7 days so the flowers are staggered.

Will post a pic up...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 08-18-2014, 08:53 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
17 August 2014 Picture

Here is what it looks like as of 17 August 2014.

Hopefully in perhaps 4 weeks the stems will be long enough so the buds can be induced to form.

I'm using this forum really as an online diary &...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 08-11-2014, 02:16 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
I see them up there often for sale. If they are...

I see them up there often for sale. If they are not properly given intermediate stages from those flasks to what they need to be outside of the flask (and there is a critical step for this) then they...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 08-10-2014, 07:36 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
10 august 2014 weekly photo. ...

10 august 2014 weekly photo.

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/IMG_5708.jpg (http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/aaronsaxton1/media/IMG_5708.jpg.html)
Forum: Advanced Discussion 08-03-2014, 03:32 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Weekly photo 3 August 2014

We see here the flower spikes growing; the root growth slowed down a little.
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w437/aaronsaxton1/IMG_5678.jpg
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-29-2014, 09:32 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
Thanks PREM. I grew it above a void (suspended)....

Thanks PREM. I grew it above a void (suspended). Over the last 2.5 years roots have taken hold and the base is now permanently suspended in mid air.

This allows me to add matter behind the base...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-28-2014, 04:46 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,126
Posted By aaronsaxton
2014 Ghost Orchid blooming

Hello,

This is the second year my Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax Lindenii) is in bloom. This year I hope to obtain 2-3 blooms.

Two currently are there.

Each Sunday I will take a pic to show the...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-22-2014, 07:37 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,902
Posted By aaronsaxton
Ghost Orchid back in 2014

After a 12 month rest I decided to put the ghost orchid back in bloom. I figured it had enough of a rest and I had a few roots get nice and fat before I would consider it.

I have two flower spikes...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-17-2013, 01:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,902
Posted By aaronsaxton
Seedlings are different

Remember while the humidity may drop off in the everglades, the bark behind the plant has absorbed moisture and is feeding those roots. This piece of information has been poorly understood in its...
Forum: Growing Under Lights 10-16-2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 15,387
Posted By aaronsaxton
If you are willing to spend all this money on...

If you are willing to spend all this money on LEDS and getting it just right, for the love of God buy a Light Meter.

F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L.

If you do not have a PH meter, all the formula in the...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 10-16-2013, 05:45 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,902
Posted By aaronsaxton
The only way to get one is to grow one. Not many...

The only way to get one is to grow one. Not many left in the wild - and poachers are destroying what is left - they will die if removed form the wild, this is what poachers find out the hard way.
...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-19-2013, 09:00 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,151
Posted By aaronsaxton
What he said.

What he said.
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-10-2013, 04:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,151
Posted By aaronsaxton
Thank you for the tip - I looked at orchidorigins...

Thank you for the tip - I looked at orchidorigins website - and it appears to be excellent, I left a message for Shane to give me a call, hopefully, he can provide it.

Fingers crossed.
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-10-2013, 10:12 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,151
Posted By aaronsaxton
Seeking Tissue Culture for Ghost Orchid

I have currently a blooming Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax Lindenii). I will be saving the pollen from the flower this week (July 2013).

I am seeking assistance and a co-op from an experienced grower...
Forum: Advanced Discussion 07-08-2013, 04:36 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,902
Posted By aaronsaxton
Here is a link introducing my wife, Maria and...

Here is a link introducing my wife, Maria and myself (putting a face with my name) and some detailed photographs of the Ghost Orchid.

The Oberports | Ghost Orchid | Photo 11...
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